Mind Your Gut

A groundbreaking, holistic approach for treating and thriving with IBS exploring the gut-brain connection—from two renowned experts.

If you are one of the 45 million Americans with IBS, you know it’s a tricky disease—hard to diagnose, and miserable to live with. 

Now, GI psychologist Dr. Megan Riehl and GI expert, registered dietitian Kate Scarlata provide a comprehensive, holistic approach to IBS in Mind Your Gut, sharing valuable information on:

• The gut, brain, and food connection
• Stress overload and its heavy impact on IBS
• Easy to implement, symptom-specific interventions
• Nutrition remedies to calm your belly and maximize your gut health
• Making healthy food choices in a food-fear and weight-obsessed culture
• IBS mimickers and when to re-examine your symptoms with your doctor

Offering everything from science-based interventions, targeted mind-gut behavioral strategies (such as body relaxation methods and stress management skills), as well as delicious gut-soothing recipes and nutrition tips, Mind Your Gut combines diet and behavioral interventions for a full toolbox of therapeutic options for your IBS. 

• “Kate Scarlata and Megan Riehl are not just experts—they helped create and shape their respective fields. They bring all their experience to bear in Mind Your Gut. . . .I am confident the strategies in this book will help you be more confident in managing your IBS, enabling you to take back control of your life.”
  William D. Chey, MD,, Chief of Gastroenterology, Michigan Medicine
• "Mind Your Gut is by two dream team professionals with complementary expertise and shared passion for helping people living with IBS thrive. Their longstanding clinical experience in digestive health and relatable anecdotes are backed by decades of science and practice in their respective fields of GI nutrition and gastropsychology. I will be recommending this book to all my patients with IBS!"
  Laurie Keefer, Professor of Medicine and Gastropsychologist at Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• "Mind Your Gut is an empowering read for anyone suffering with IBS. Dr, Megan Riehl and Kate Scarlata's well-researched insights will be instrumental in helping you take back control of your life."
  Megan Rossi, PhD, founder of The Gut Health Doctor
• “This exceptional work effortlessly weaves scientific expertise with real world applications, offering a soothing and empathetic tone characteristic of Kate and Megan. Mind Your Gut is the ‘Dream Team’ every IBS patient deserves.”
  Simone Peters, PhD
• “Mind Your Gut skillfully unravels the complexities of IBS, blending scientific insights with clarity and ease. It is an essential read for those with IBS and anyone pursuing a healthier lifestyle.”
   
  Lin Chang, MD, Vice-Chief, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
• “With great clarity and insight, Scarlata and Riehl lay out proven behavioral and nutritional strategies to help you ride through the storm of IBS to a life that doesn’t revolve around your bowel habits.”
  Pasty Castos, author of The IBS Elimination Diet and Cookbook